Winfrith Newburgh

 

ST CHRISTOPHER'S CHURCH, WINFRITH NEWBURGH

 

WAR MEMORIAL RECORDING THE NAMES OF THE FALLEN MEN FROM TWO WORLD WARS FROM THE VILLAGES OF WINFRITH AND EAST KNIGHTON

 

Photographs and transcriptions by Dorinda Miles

  

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN

SACRED AND HONOURED MEMORY

OF THE FOLLOWING MEN FROM THIS

PARISH WHO DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE

DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919

 

Harry BAGG         Private 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment

* J BARNES             Private 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment

* BISHOP              Corp    5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment

B L BURDEN        Private 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Fus.

P J BURDEN        Private 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards

F CLEALL              Private 4th Battalion(T) Dorsetshire Regiment

B F COBB         A B  H.M.S. New Zealand

H C W CORNISH        A B  H.M.S. Good Hope

A J KING         Sapper R E

C P N TRENT        Corp 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment

 

"Greater love hath no man than this, that

a man lie down his life for his friends"

 

This tablet

was erected by their fellow parishioners

 

ALSO THE FOLLOWING WHO

DIED IN THE WAR OF 1939-45

 

J L BAGGS                       1/Lt Royal Irish Fusiliers

T W J BURDEN             Cpl R.E.M.E.

J O B COX                  Stkr (1/Class) HMS Berkeley

L E IRONSIDES         Pte R.A.O.C

 

Photo: Adopted War Memorial:

 

This wooden War Memorial which hangs on the West wall was removed from the small church building in East Burton when that building became redundant.

 

 

 

ROLL OF HONOUR

 

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN

THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE

FOLLOWING MEN FROM EAST BURTON

AND WINFRITH NEWBURGH ~ WHO JOINED

HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES DURING

THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919

 

L A

BIDWELL

M C

KEYNES

R J

PAYNE

E J

BURT

M J

KEYNES

H M

ROPER

F R

BURT

R W

KEYNES

J

ROPER

H G

BURT

A R

LARCOMBE

A W

SIBLEY

T P

BURT

C H

MANUEL

B E

SIBLEY

G P J

DOVE

W G

ORCHARD

 

 

E J G

HONEYBUN

A

PAYNE

 

 

 

 

AND IN HONOURED AND LASTING MEMORY OF

THE TWO MEN WHO DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE

 

W T

DOVE

5TH BATT DORSETSHIRE REGIMENT

T

PAYNE

5TH BATT DORSETSHIRE REGIMENT

 

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GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS – THAT

A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

 

THIS TABLET

WAS ERECTED BY THEIR FELLOW PARISHIONERS

 

 

ALSO IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE

SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945

 

GEORGE

ACKERMAN

WILLIAM

MCTAGGART

WILLIAM

SMITH

FRANK

SMITH

 

        ERNEST

DREDGE

 

 

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